Drying mechanism for hosiery.



W. H. ERMENTROUT. DRYING MECHANISM FOR HOSIERY.

APPLICATION FILED APR.22,1912.

Patented Sept. 3,1912.

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Specification-oi Letters Patent.

' Application filed April 22, m2.- Serial No. 692,494.

To all whom it. may concern-.-

Be it'kn'own that I, WILLIAM H. ERM'EN- TROUT, a citizenmftheUni'ted-St-ates, and a resident of the city of Reading, in the countyof Berks and State of Pennsylvania,

- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drying Mechanismfor H0- siery, of which the following is a specification. 3

Figure. 1 is an elevation indicating a se-';

ries of forms mounted upon 'a series'of con nected steam pipe sections;one of the. forms and its connecting fitting being shown in verticalsection. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional-view on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1,indicating in dotted linesthe adjustability of each form toany desiredworking angle.

- Fig. 3 is a separate view of one ofthe' connecting fittings.

Each of the hollow hosieryforms 5 viudii cated',,.is' preferably made ofcast metal, oval. in cross-section, and with ;a longitudinallyextending. partition 6 dividing the inclosed space into an upwardpassage 7 and a down ward passage 8, both of which communicate with aspecial fitting 14 to which the base 9 of the form is secured,ashereinafter fully described.

The heating medium most conveniently employed ordinarily, is steam,which is furnished through a suitable pressure-reducing valve at '10 asindicated, to a horizon tally arranged conduit made up ofalinedsteampipe sections 11, 12, 13, and of connecting fittings 14 thereforcarrying a corresponding number of the forms 6; theend of the section 13terminating in any ordinary I v steam trap at 15.

Each of the special fittings 14 has similar passage ways 16, 16extending inward from I its oppositeends, and terminating in fightMyinvention relates to improved means- .for drying stockings, or liketextilefabrics,

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angled exit ways 17 17 through the wall- 18 of thefitting to whichlatter the form 14 i secured, by means of screw bolts 19 engaging thebase-9 of the form. The ends of the passage ways 16, 16 are interiorlyscrewthreaded to receive the connecting screw threaded ends of theadjacent pipe sections, 11 and 12, or 12 and 13 as'shown; and theexitways 17, 17 are spaced apart on the fittingso as to communicaterespectively with the upward vpassage 7 anddownward passage8" of'theform. v A steam-tight joint is formed between eachform and its attachedfitting,

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by means of' a suitable gasket 20. Each form 5 may be turned, jointlywith its fitting '14, upon the connecting ends of the ad jacent pipesections, so as to adjust the form to the mostconvenient angle (see F2), for enabling the operator to board the stockings thereon and torefnove the same,

afterv drying; the-properly adjusted form being readi y locked i of aj'amnutor nuts 21 on the pipe sections. The piping and its attachedforms are most required by meanS conveniently arranged above anoperators" table, but the forms are directly carried by and adjustableupon the piping itself, thus providing azvery simple and advantageousarrangement.

What I claim is 1 A drying mechanism for hosiery and like tubularfabrics,c0mprising -horizontally alined steam-pipe sections; connecting'fittings for .said sections, each} provided with opposite-endhorizontal passage-ways having screw-threaded engagement with adja centalined sections ahdspaced-tipart ver'ti cal exits through vtheupper'wall ofithe ,fit-

- and vhollow vertically-partitioned formers each removably securedtoone of said fittings andforming a communicating passageway betweensaid spaced-apart exits; each former and fitting being jointlyadjustable upon-the connected pipe sections substantially as 'set forth.

In testimony whereof,

H; ER ENaRouT; '1 Witnessesz.

- 8 1!; my signature, in the presence of tw it

